Conversely-turning carousel



J. C. TURNER.

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CONVERSELY TURNING CAROUSEL.

APPLICATION FIL'ED JUNEY, 1917. RENEWED OCT. 5,1920. 1

1,377,641, Patented May 10,1921.

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JOHN G. TURNER, 0F DAYTON, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

CONVERSELY-TURNING CAROUSEL.

Patented May 10, 1921.

Application filed June 7, 1917, Serial No. 173,324. Renewedflct'ober 5, 1920. Serial No. 414,831.

T 0 all whom it may concern Y Beit known that 1, JOHN G. Tnnnnn, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Dayton, inthe county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Conversely-Turning Carousel, of which the following specification is a full disclosure. 'Thisinvention deals with gravity toys and it proposes an arrangement in the natureof a carousel whereby suitable puppets or other toy-like imitations of conventional devices, such as trains, may be propelled continuously with a pleasing effect for a short period. One object is to provide a toy embodying a circular track and a central tower so connected and arranged as to automatically propel a train in one direction on said track, and. a portion of said tower or figures connected therewith in an opposite direction.

7 Another object is to devise a gravity toy and to soarrange the parts that a weight in its descent will produce opposite movements in two difierent elements, thereby rendering a pleasing eflect.

Other objects will be in part obvious from the annexed drawings and in part indicated in connection therewith by the following analysis of this invention.

This invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of parts, and in the unique relations of the members and in the relative proportioning and disposition thereof; all as more completely outlined herein.

To enable others skilled in the art so fully to comprehend the underlying features thereof that they may embody the same by the numerous modifications in structure and relation contemplated by this invention, drawings depicting a preferred form have been annexed as a part of this disclosure, and in such drawings, like characters of reference denote corresponding parts through out all the views, of which Figure 1 is a plan of the circular trackway and tower. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the tower revealing the operating means. Fig. at is a horizontal section through line 44 of Fig.

3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a modified tured so as to loosely fit on the parts passing therethrough. In the modified form shown by Fig. 5, the base B is hollow and the post D is in'the form of a tubular rod to the upper end of which is rigidly attached a depending slideway E The purpose of the non-rotatableslides E and E is to serve as a guideway for Weights G and G, respectively; in the one case, the weight being provided with a pin 3 cooperating with the slideway E and, in the other case, the weight G being provided with an aperture 3 cooperating with the slideway B". These weights G and G can thus move vertically or are restrained from rotating by the aforesaid parts. Encircling the posts D and D are spirals H which are threaded to the weights G and G, respectively, so that as said weights move vertically, the spiral will be the members 2 will be rotated when the weights G and G descend by gravity. For the purposeof presenting a pleasing eifect, the members 2 may support various ornamentations. For example, as shown by Fig. 3, a balcony F is rigidly secured to the member 2 by means of a member 1, said balcony being provided with a circular rail 7 so that said balcony will rotate relatively to the stationary tower E. In the form shown by Fig. 5, the balcony F is connected to the rotatable member 2 by means of a part 1 and is provided with an upstanding tubular portion 7" inclosing the actuating parts and configurated to represent a tower. In this case the tower rotates with the balcony.

Arranged on the trackwaya is a train K i respectively. A bevel gear K is rigidly carried by the collar K and receives its motion from the rotating member 2 through the gear J pivoted to an extension D rigid with the posts D and D, respectively. A bevel gear 2* rigid with the member 2 rotates the gear J and, as will be seen, causes the collar K to rotate in a directionopposite to that of the balcony.

To enable the weight G to be restored to its initial position, it is, in the form shown by Fig. 3, provided with a handle A whereby it may be lifted. In the modification shown by Fig. 5, the lifter is in the form of a string A? which passes through a suitable hole in the base 13' and extends upwardly through the bore of the tubular post D and thence over suitable pulleys to engage the upper portion of the weight G. This enables the weight to be lifted by pulling the string 4".

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what I claim herein is 1. A toy comprising a base, a central tower, a substantially vertical helix rotatably supported within said tower, a balcony mounted to be rotated by said helix, a rotatable sleeve, propelling connections between said helix and said sleeve, a supporting arm sustained by and movable with said sleeve, a circular track, a train propelled by said arm and adapted to run on said track, and a suspended weight having suflicient potential energy to rotate said helix and thereby actuate the elements connected therewith.

2. A toy including a plurality of rotatable elements, connections therebetween for causing said elements to rotate oppositely; and means comprising a helix and a vertically movable weight acting in its descent to impart rotary motion to one of said elements.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, as attested by the two subscribing witnesses.

I JOHN G. TURNER. Witnesses: i 7

LEON Mm'rz,

B. GooKE. 

